Tip for cigarettes.



H. P. STRAUSE. TIP FOR GIGABETTES.

APPLICATION mun NOV.15, 1906.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

WITNESSES INVENTOH zzzryfitz'awe A TTOBNEYS UNITED STATES" PATENTOFFICE. v

HENRY PHILIP STRAUSE, OF NEW YORK,-

TIP FOR CIGARETTES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 23, 1910.

Application filed November 15, 1906. Serial No. 343,479.

. To all whom it may concern:

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Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing a l icigarette equipped withoneform of tip emymg my mvention; Fig. 2 is a fragment-ary section throughthe same, taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction ofthe arrow; Fig. 3 is a plan view v of another form of cloth blank of acloth blank of which the outer jacket of the tip is made; Fig. 4 is aplan view of another form of cloth blank; Fig. 5 is a perspective viewshowing another form of tip embodying my invention; Fig. 6 is afragmentary section through the same u on the line 66 of Fi 5, lookingin the dlrection of the arrow; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the cloth blankused 1n making the tips shown in Figs. 5 and 6; and Fig. 8 is a planview also embodyingr my invention. I 1

he bod of the cigarette is shown at 9 and the tobacco at 10. An innerjacket 11 of auze or paper encircles one end of the bodgy 9, andencircling the jacket 11 is an outer jacket 12. This outer jacket may bemade of .various materials, such for instanceas a plain cloth blank 11in which the threads cross each other at right angles, or the blank mayhave the form of a plaited cloth 13, as shown in Fig. 4. In the formshown in this figure, the longitudinal threads 13 are-arranged in groupsand the cross threads 13 are also arranged in groups. The purpose ofthis arrangement is, by practically making the meshes lar er andstronger, to enable a comparatively t in material to be employed, thetip being given retiuisite strength by virtue of the fact that a argenumber of threads make up each single mesh. Still another form 0 clothblank is shown at 12 in Fig. 7, the latter form being provided withserrations 12 so and a resident that when the cloth blank is bent intoannular shape and the serrations 12 are bent radially inward, the outerjacket 12 presents the appearance indicated in Figs. 5 and 6. Theserrations 12 now project radially inward and prevent the ready removalof the tobacco 10, and also prevent direct contact between the tobaccoand the ton smoker. the kind shown in Fig. 8 may' beemployed. In thiscloth blank the ends 15, 16 are unraveled slightly, and are alsoseparated'by minute intervals so that they may be intergue of; the

spliced when the cloth blank is bent into annular form. This preventsthe doublingofthe edges and also avoids the necessity for any sort ofprojecting ends or threads,

the band being, of the single thickness of the material used. I havefound that when the body portion is made of silk the nicotin and othernarcotic poisons of the tobacco do not pass into the smokers mouth quiteas readi y as when other materials are used. 1 Besides this the effectof the silk smokers lips is far more agreeabl While I preferably makethe outer jackets of silk, I do not limit myself to this material, as Imay employ any other fabric -or substance suitable for the purpose.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. In a cigarette, the combination of a body portion, a jacketencircling one end 90 thereof, and a cloth'member encircling said jacketand said end of said body'portion immediately adjacent thereto.

2. A tip'for cigarettes, consisting of a cloth blank having its ends tomake an intersplicing joint when said cloth blank is bent into annularconformity.

3. A tip for cigarettes comprising a body portion provided withsubstantially V- shaped serrations integral with the said 100 bodyortion, being of proper size to meet around a cigarette. and saidserrations being of proper len th to converge radially toward the centerof the cigarette but being too short to meet at the center of the same.05

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribin witnesses. N

HE RY PHILIP STRAUSE.

Witnesses:

R. BLOXBERG, M. J. REID.

Ifdesired, a cloth blank 14 of 65 upon the unraveled so as

